The Best Juicy Grilled Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

The Best Juicy Grilled Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
The Best Juicy Grilled Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts is a gluten free and fodmap friendly main course. One serving contains 334 calories, 31g of protein, and 17g of fat. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It will be a hit at your The Fourth Of July event. Head to the store and pick up kosher salt, water, olive oil, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

1
Place one chicken breast in a resealable plastic bag or between two pieces of plastic wrap. Using a meat pounder, rolling pin, or small skillet, pound chicken breast into an even thickness about 3/4-inches in height. Repeat with remaining 3 breasts.
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To make the brine, in a medium bowl whisk together the the water, salt, and sugar until the solids are dissolved.
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3
Place the chicken breast slices in brine and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
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Light one chimney full of charcoal. When all the charcoal is lit and covered with gray ash, pour out and arrange the coals on one side of the charcoal grate. Set cooking grate in place, cover grill and allow to preheat for 5 minutes. Clean and oil the grilling grate.
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Remove chicken breasts from brine, pat dry with paper towels, season to taste with salt and pepper, and brush lightly with olive oil.
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6
Place chicken over hot side of grill and cook until well browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Flip and continue to cook until second side is browned and chicken registers 150°F (or 160°F if you really want to stick to FDA guidelines) on an instant read thermometer inserted into the center of breast. If second side browns before it registers 150°F, move to cool side of grill, cover, and let cook until chicken reaches temperature.
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7
Remove chicken from grill, let rest for 5 to 10 minutes, then serve immediately.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings4
Health Score14
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